grain market

Cereal trading hub

A grain market is a venue or system where cereal crops like wheat, corn, and rice are bought and sold.

This includes physical locations where farmers sell harvests and commodity exchanges where traders deal in grain futures.

Drought fears sent the grain market into turmoil.

The term also refers collectively to the economic sector governing grain trade.

Opposites
agricultural commodity type

grain marketlivestock market

Venue for selling farm animals

cattle market · livestock auction · meat market · poultry market · fish market

commodity vs. finished goods

grain marketretail market

Consumer goods commerce

supermarket · shopping mall

market structure

grain marketfarmers market

Outdoor local produce sale

subsistence farming · barter economy

Family

grain, market, grains, grained, graining, grainy, graininess, granule, granular

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G